Qingyu opened her eyes wide in surprise.
Doesn't he like this gift? She spent a lot of effort to make it. And it took many years!
From the moment she realized she fell in love with Tingyun, she would make a three-dimensional card on the eve of his birthday every year, hoping to give it to him one day.
I was finally able to give it to him today, but he didn’t like it!
She is a little depressed.
Tingyun looked at her with a smile:
"If you want me to be an emperor, you have to have a queen for me, right? If you want me to be Apollo, you have to have a Daphne for me, right?
"Even if you let me be an astronaut, you have to pair me with a female colleague in the space capsule, so that I can have the strength to work, right?
"Does it mean that I was born on November 11th and am destined to be a king? Your idea makes me so sad!"
Qingyu was dumbfounded: No, when did she say that he was the destined king?
She really wants to be herself next to him, but she doesn’t dare!
Besides, if he wants the person standing next to him to be Liyue-senpai, then she doesn’t want to do it for him!
Tingyun liked to see her like this, she was so amused by him that she was so depressed and couldn't express herself.
What she likes even more is to see her look shy, happy, and pretending to be calm after he teases her.
He smiled deeply: "Remember, on my birthday next year, there will be two people on the card I receive."
Qingyu muttered: "Who knows who you want to stand by your side?"
Tingyun smiled slyly: "Of course it's my Daphne. I hope I will be luckier than Apollo..."
He said these words low and soft, almost like a whisper.
Qingyu turned her head and stared blankly into his eyes. His eyes were deep and bright, but she still couldn't read the answer.
As the daughter of a professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Qingyu has read many ancient and modern Chinese and foreign literary works.
She still knows the story of Apollo and Daphne.
Apollo, the sun god, laughed at Cupid, the god of love, saying that he was a child playing with adult bows and arrows.
Out of revenge, Cupid shot the sun god Apollo with the arrow that could ignite the flame of love, and shot Daphne, the daughter of the river god, with another arrow that drove away love.
As a result, Apollo fell deeply in love with Daphne and pursued her passionately.
But Daphne would never love him anyway. In order to avoid his pursuit, she asked her father for help.
When Apollo touched Daphne's body, Daphne turned into a laurel tree.
Her hair turned into leaves, her wrists turned into branches, her legs turned into tree trunks, and her feet turned into roots and dug into the soil.
Apollo was extremely annoyed and said to the laurel tree:
"Even if you can't be my wife, I will still love you forever! I will use your branches and leaves as a crown, and your wood as a harp. I will give you eternal youth."
Tingyun said that he hoped that he would be luckier than Apollo. The meaning was obvious - he hoped that the person he liked could like him in the same way.
And the person he liked and pursued passionately was none other than Liyue-senpai!
Qingyu's heart was sour, and her expression was uncontrollably gloomy.
Tingyun hinted, but did not see her shy and happy expression as expected, and was a little puzzled.
He looked at her expression and said again: "I think you are just not happy today!"
Qingyu cheered up: "No way? I'm very happy."
Tingyun was silent, and then said: "Qingyu, we two have lived and died together, and we are no longer just casual acquaintances!
"If you are unhappy or encounter any difficulties, you can tell me without any worries."
His words were so sincere that they almost warmed people up.
In the past years, she often imagined that he could talk to her so thoughtfully, comfort her when she cried, and help her in times of difficulty.
But when he really said this to her, she could only pretend that nothing happened.
How was she going to tell him that she was worried about Senior Liyue coming back?
I can’t say it!
If Tingyun still likes Senior Li Xue, saying this will make him completely alienate from her.
Therefore, Qingyu smiled at him:
"How can a sunny and cheerful girl like me be unhappy? Okay, it's getting late. I have to leave. The door will be locked if it gets too late."
Tingyun asked: "What time do you lock the building door?"
"Eleven o'clock."
It's almost a quarter past nine now. It will take more than an hour on the road. If she doesn't leave, she will really be locked out.
Tingyun didn't dare to keep her anymore: "I'll take you to the station."
He put everything into the box and held it carefully with one arm, as if it contained valuables.
The other hand was free, but he couldn't hold her hand, so he had to put it in his pocket.
Qingyu also put his hands in his coat pockets and walked lightly beside him.
Wearing a red dress and a white skirt, she is as beautiful as the heroine in an aesthetic love movie.
Tingyun took her to the station and watched her get on the bus.
Qingyu sat in the back seat of the carriage, smiling and waving to him through the window glass.
Under the bright lights of the carriage, her face is so delicate that it’s hard to take your eyes away.
After the bus drove away, Tingyun carried the box and walked to the dormitory.
Back in the dormitory, Tingyun took out the cake and put it on the desk, picked up the pop-up book and found a place to put it.
First put it on the matching bookshelf above the desk. I am afraid that my roommate or other students will accidentally drop it on the ground and break it when they take out the notes to read.
His eyes looked around the small private area and finally landed on the drawer.
He opened the drawer to make enough space for the pop-up book and carefully put it in.
Hexu saw the cake on his table and reached out to lift the shell: "Did you buy a cake? I'm hungry, here's a piece!"
Tingyun hurriedly stretched out his hand to block his paw: "No food! The door is not locked now. If you want to eat, you can buy it yourself, or order takeout."
Wen Xu stared at him in disbelief: "No way! When did you become so stingy that you can't even bear to share a piece of cake with your brothers? You are not careful in making friends!"
"This is the cake Qingyu made for me personally. Not to mention a piece, I can't even share the dregs with you!"
Tingyun took the shell back from He Xu's hand and covered the cake again.
"Oh——" He Xu nodded exaggeratedly: "It turns out to be a love cake, no wonder!
"Hey, why did she suddenly make you a cake? Could it be that she confessed her love to you?"
Tingyun shook his head: "No, today is my birthday."
Hexu was startled, and then suddenly realized: "By the way, today is Singles' Day, your birthday! Haha, destiny..."
At this point, his voice paused: "Oh, Destiny is single, and I don't have a girlfriend yet!"
He sang these two sentences. He sang an adapted version of "The Song of a Single Dog" and went back to his bed: "Watch a movie, watch a movie, you won't be lonely while watching a movie!"
Tingyun covered the cake and pushed it against the wall. It seemed as if strong winds would blow in the dormitory and blow his cake over.
Chapter completed!